THE 



ORCHID-GROWER'S MANUAL 



CONTAINING 



SeBrrijitinns of tlie kst Iper'iBH ml ^mtWm nf 

 (Drrjiitonns ^Hnnts; 



TOGETHER WIT! 



NOIICBS OF IHEIR TIMES OP FLOWERING, AND MOST APPKOVED MODES OF TREATMENT; 



ALSO, PLAIN AND PRACTICAL INSTET7CTI0NS RELATING TO THE GENERAL 



CULTURE OF ORCHIDS; AND REMARKS ON THE HEAT, 



MOISTURE, SOIL, SEASONS OF GROWTH AND 



OF REST BEST SUITED TO THE 



SEVERAL SPECIES. 



BENJAMIN SAMUEL WILLLAMS, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., 



Author of "The Orchid Album," "Select Ferns and Lycopods" "Choice Stove 



atid Qreenhouse Flowering Plants," "Choice Stove and Greenhouse 



Ornamental-leaved Plants" &c., &c. 



SIXTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND REVISED. 

 AATITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS. 



LONDON: 



PUBLISHED AT VICTORIA AND PARADISE NURSERIES, 

 UPPER HOLLO WAY, LONDON, N. 



1885. 



